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Overview
Overview
Our client research was conducted with Nathaniel with a little bit of advice and help from me. This post will mostly go over my opinion of his work and any improvements we could('ve) made.
Technical Description / Explanation
Technical Description / Explanation
As per our synoptic brief, we landed on a local government client - the TVCA (Tees Valley Combined Authority). We decided on the TVCA as a result of their history with supporting the local games industry through grants and infrastructure (such as the construction of Double Eleven's building, Boho X). Additionally, TVCA were a flagship sponsor of the Game Republic New Horizons conference last year (that I volunteered for), a large game development conference that involved both big local names and major developers globally. My contributions to the document as a whole were more as an advisor to Nathaniel than any actual writing, this included recommending using Game Republic and Boho X as historical examples of the TVCA supporting local game developers and fostering a game development environment that helps to justify our less educational angle that we've taken.
Reflection
Reflection
I believe Nathaniel's research is both comprehensive and a good justification for our game's premise. Unlike some of the other teams that took more serious or more sensitive themes to stay more in-line with a typical government client, our team's game is much more of a game that follows the theme of reflection rather than a PSA that follows the theme of reflection. As such, we required a government client with a history of supporting the games industry as a whole rather than as a tool for education. TVCA is a perfect example of such a local government - it isn't a council in itself, and is instead a local authority with the joint funding of 5 councils. As such, it has been known to support Teesside's burdgeoning games industry. If I were to do the research myself, I would've likely tried to find a few more examples of TVCA supporting the local games industry, but otherwise I would've done exactly what Nathaniel did.
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